EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
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News Release |
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Sameer Gokhale (Investors) |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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(513) 534-2219 |
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June 28, 2017 |
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Larry Magnesen (Media) |
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(513) 534-8055 |
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Fifth Third Announces 2017 CCAR Capital Plan
No Objection from Federal Reserve to Company’s Capital Plan
Cincinnati – Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) announced today that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“the Federal
Reserve”) did not object to Fifth Third’s proposal for potential capital actions from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 included in its capital plan submitted in April under the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
(“CCAR”) process.
“We are pleased to receive the Federal Reserve’s non-objection to our plan
to return excess capital through multiple dividend increases and additional share repurchases,” said Greg Carmichael, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp. “Our plan includes a 29% increase in our quarterly common dividend and a 76%
increase in the amount invested in share repurchases over our previous capital plan. This reflects our ability to maintain prudent capital levels while returning a significant amount of capital to our shareholders.”
2017 CCAR Capital Plan
Fifth Third’s capital plan
included the following capital actions related to common dividends and share repurchases for the period beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018:
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The increase in the quarterly common stock dividend to $0.16 from $0.14 beginning 3Q 2017 and to $0.18 beginning 2Q 2018, a 29 percent increase over the current dividend rate |
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The repurchase of common shares in an amount up to $1.161 billion, or a 76 percent increase over the 2016 capital plan. These repurchases include: |
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$88 million in repurchases related to share issuances under employee benefit plans |
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$48 million in repurchases related to previously-recognized Vantiv tax receivable agreement (“TRA”) transaction after-tax gains |
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The additional ability to repurchase common shares in the amount of any after-tax capital generated from the sale of Vantiv, Inc. (“Vantiv”) common stock
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The additional ability to repurchase common shares in the amount of any after-tax cash income generated from the termination and settlement of gross cash flows from existing TRAs
with Vantiv or potential future TRAs that may be generated from additional sales of Vantiv |
The Federal Reserve’s non-objection applies only to those actions proposed in Fifth Third’s CCAR submission to be taken from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Any potential actions that Fifth Third assumed it could take
subsequent to June 30, 2018 as part of this CCAR submission would be subject to another CCAR plan submission and non-objection for that subsequent period. Any capital actions, including those contemplated
in the above announced actions, are subject to evaluation of Fifth Third’s performance, the state of the economic environment, market conditions, regulatory factors, and other risks and uncertainties and approval by the Board of Directors at
any given time. Fifth Third has no current information and makes no representations as to whether, when or in what amounts there may be a) future gains from the sale of Vantiv stock, b) future gains from the sale of any portion of the tax receivable
agreement with Vantiv or c) other capital actions or distributions requiring future Board approval, future regulatory developments, or future requisite market conditions.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had
$140 billion in assets and operates 1,155 full-service Banking Centers, and 2,471 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses:
Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third also has a 17.8% interest in Vantiv Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of March 31, 2017,
had $323 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $33 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through its Trust,
Brokerage and Insurance businesses. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
statements that we believe are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 175 promulgated thereunder, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and Rule 3b-6 promulgated thereunder. These statements relate to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance or business. They usually can be identified by
the use of forward-looking language such as “will likely result,” “may,” “are expected to,” “anticipates,” “potential,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “projected,”
“intends to,” or may include other similar words or phrases such as “believes,” “plans,” “trend,” “objective,” “continue,” “remain,” or similar expressions, or future or
conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “can,” or similar verbs.
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You should not place undue reliance on these statements, as they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the risk factors set forth in our most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K as updated from time to time by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these
risks and uncertainties, as well as any cautionary statements we may make. Moreover, you should treat these statements as speaking only as of the date they are made and based only on information then actually known to us. There is a risk that
additional information may become known during the company’s quarterly closing process or as a result of subsequent events that could affect the accuracy of the statements and financial information contained herein.
There are a number of important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from historical performance and these forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: (1) general economic or real estate market conditions, either nationally or in the states in which Fifth Third, one or more acquired entities and/or the
combined company do business, weaken or are less favorable than expected; (2) deteriorating credit quality; (3) political developments, wars or other hostilities may disrupt or increase volatility in securities markets or other economic
conditions; (4) changes in the interest rate environment reduce interest margins; (5) prepayment speeds, loan origination and sale volumes, charge-offs and loan loss provisions; (6) Fifth Third’s ability to maintain required
capital levels and adequate sources of funding and liquidity; (7) maintaining capital requirements and adequate sources of funding and liquidity may limit Fifth Third’s operations and potential growth; (8) changes and trends in
capital markets; (9) problems encountered by larger or similar financial institutions may adversely affect the banking industry and/or Fifth Third; (10) competitive pressures among depository institutions increase significantly;
(11) changes in customer preferences or information technology systems; (12) effects of critical accounting policies and judgments; (13) changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) or other regulatory agencies; (14) legislative or regulatory changes or actions, or significant litigation, adversely affect Fifth Third, one or more acquired entities and/or the combined company or the businesses in
which Fifth Third, one or more acquired entities and/or the combined company are engaged, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (15) ability to maintain favorable ratings from rating agencies;
(16) failure of models or risk management systems or controls; (17) fluctuation of Fifth Third’s stock price; (18) ability to attract and retain key personnel; (19) ability to receive dividends from its subsidiaries;
(20) potentially dilutive effect of future acquisitions on current shareholders’ ownership of Fifth Third; (21) declines in the value of Fifth Third’s goodwill or other intangible assets; (22) effects of accounting or
financial results of one or more acquired entities; (23) difficulties from Fifth Third’s investment in, relationship with, and nature of the operations of Vantiv Holding, LLC; (24) loss of income from any sale or potential sale of
businesses (25) difficulties in separating the operations of any branches or other assets divested; (26) losses or adverse impacts on the carrying values of branches and long-lived assets in connection with their sales or anticipated
sales; (27) inability to achieve expected benefits from branch consolidations and planned sales within desired timeframes, if at all; (28) ability to secure confidential information and deliver products and services through the use of
computer systems and telecommunications networks; and (29) the impact of reputational risk created by these developments on such matters as business generation and retention, funding and liquidity.
You should refer to our periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or “SEC,” for further information on
other factors, which could cause actual results to be significantly different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
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